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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2002
Joachim Franke, Altdorf, DE;
Rudolf Kral, Stulln, DE;
Joachim Franke, Altdorf, DE;
Rudolf Kral, Stulln, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a steam generator comprising a heating gas channel, which can be traversed in an approximately horizontal heating gas direction and in which at least one continuous heating surface is located, configured from a number of approximately vertical evaporator tubes, connected in parallel to allow the passage of a flow medium. The aim of the invention is to provide a method for starting a generator, which guarantees a high degree of operational safety, even for a steam generator with a particularly simple construction. According to the invention, to achieve this, at least several evaporator tubes are partially filled to a predeterminable desired level with unevaporated flow medium, prior to the impingement of the heating gas channel by a heating gas.